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Tim Williams
Chief Executive
‘Challenges and Opportunities in the
Automotive Supply Chain’
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AGENDA
• SOME AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY FACTS AND FIGURES
• SUPPLY CHAIN STRUCTURE
• UK AUTOMOTIVE CHALLENGES
• TECHNOLOGY AND SUPPLY CHAIN ROADMAPS
• THE GREEN AGENDA
• ACTIONS / RECOMMENDATIONS
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TIER 1
TIER 2+3
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The Automotive Industry In Wales
• 2 Engine Plants – Ford
& Toyota
• 1 System Integrator –
Calsonic Kansei
• > 38 International
Component Plants
• > 100 Related SME’s
• 8 Universities
• 18,000 employed
• > £3Bn turnover
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SUPPLY CHAIN STRUCTURE
VEHICLE ASSEMBLY PLANT
TIER 1 – MAJOR ASSEMBLIES
GLOBAL V LOCAL
TIER 2 + 3 SUB COMPONENTS
WALES IS A COMPONENT MANUFACTURER PRINCIPALLY AT TIER 1 LEVEL
WITH SUPPLY CHAIN DECISION MAKING OUTSIDE OF WALES!
SUPPORTED IN THE MAIN BY SERVICE COMPANIES AND NOT TIER 2OR 3
IT IS RECOGNISED THAT THERE ARE A COUPLE OF NICHE VEHICLE MANUFACTURERS
AND REFUSE COLLECTION VEHICLE MANUFACTURERS AND ALSO MOTORSPORT
VEHICLE MANUFACTURERS IN WALES.
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CLUSTERS + VALUE NETWORKS
•
WE SHOULD LOOK AT CREATING
MORE CLUSTERS
– POWERTRAIN
– DOOR SYSTEMS
– INTERIORS
– SERVICE
•
VALUE NETWORKS
– NEW TECHNOLOGIES
• PRODUCTIV LTD
– WALES: PRECISION
ROTARY PRODUCTS
» MOTORS,
ELECTRIC
TURBOCHARGE
RS, FLYWHEELS
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UK Auto Challenges
• Macro Economic Environment
– Western markets flat with pull from new markets – BRICS
• Globalisation / Rationalisation / Localisation
– Regional advantage as lever for global competitiveness –
(£v€) Supply Chain and Low Carbon Footprint
• Pressure on Business Performance
– Quality, Cost and Delivery, Innovation – Legislation – Funding
- Skills
• Climate Change - Impact
– CO₂ Reduction Targets (UK -80% by 2050)
• Challenges of Technology
– Vehicle Roadmap – (Automotive Council)
– Shortage of skills & capacity to deliver new technology
solutions is driving new approaches
• Access to Funds
– Finding finance at the right price
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Technology Roadmap
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Driving Towards a Greener Wales
Driving Towards a Greener Wales
The Climate Change Agenda
OPPORTUNITIES (INCLUDING PUBLIC PROCUREMENT)
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Wales Green Automotive Agenda
•
CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES
ENERGY
TRANSPORT
INFRASTRUCTURE
INDUSTRY
WIND – WAVE - BIO MAS
REFUSE VEHICLES
BUSES
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ACTIONS / RECOMMENDATIONS
• CONTINUE THE DIALOGUE WITH UK VEHICLE
MANUFACTURERS AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPERS
• RE-DEVELOP THE LOW CARBON VEHICLE CLUSTER
• CREATE A LOW CARBON VEHICLE / TECHNOLOGY PARK
(Ebbw Vale – Enterprise Zone)
• VITAL THAT WE CONTINUE TO DEVELOP A STRONG SKILLS
BASE - WALES’S USP?
• WORK WITH WELSH GOVERNMENT FOR FDI AND EXPORTS
• ASSIST WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ‘HYDROGEN
HIGHWAY’ - Low Carbon Economic Area
• WORK WITH LOCAL AUTHORITIES ON VEHICLE
PROCUREMENT
• IMPROVE THE MARKETING OF WALES COMPETENCIES
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OUR FUTURE
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